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March 16, 2000 Justice Department Opposes Expansion of Chapter 12 In a letter this week to House and Senate negotiators, the Justice Department commented on proposing the expansion of chapter 12 in S

March 15, 2000 Medicare Seeks $1 Billion in Claims from Vencor Yesterday the U.S. Department of Justice said that it is entitled to recoup $1 billion from Vencor Inc., which is operating under chapter

March 13, 2000 Chapter 11 Increasingly Being Used by Public Companies That Are Not Insolvent The recently dismissed chapter 11 of SGL Carbon, a U.S. subsidiary of a German company, points to a trend

March 10, 2000 House Passes Two-year Minimum Wage Increase; Conference to Intertwine with Bankruptcy Issues Following lengthy debate, the House of Representatives yesterday passed by a 282-143 vote, a

March 9, 2000 Greenspan Warns Lenders of Growing Lax Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan addressed lenders at a meeting of the Independent Community Bankers of America yesterday in San Antonio and

March 8, 2000 Clinton Urges Congress to Pass 'Straightforward' Minimum Wage Legislation President Clinton yesterday urged Congress to pass 'straightforward' legislation to raise the minimum wage $1 to

March 7, 2000 Bankruptcy Bill to Move Ahead Despite New Filing Data Congress continues to push ahead with legislation to curb bankruptcy filings, but new data suggests the problem may be fixing itself

March 6, 2000 Bankruptcy Filings Drop 8.5 Percent in 1999 The total number of bankruptcies filed during calendar year 1999 totaled 1,319,465, a 8.5 percent decreased from the previous calendar year

March 3, 2000 Minimum Wage Issue Puts Pressure on Senate for Conference on Bankruptcy Bill The House leadership is expected to take up the issue of a minimum wage increase next week, CQ Daily Monitor

March 2, 2000 Willcox & Gibbs Schedules Confirmation Hearing Willcox & Gibbs Inc. announced that the hearing for confirmation of its chapter 11 plan has been scheduled for April 3, according to a